Thursday, 15 January 2015

Oblique Shots Make The World Go Round (Literally)


How does this shot make you feel? "Unstable" and "tense" are the first words that come to my mind. It makes me want to grab onto something as if I just fell and need to help myself get back up by tilting the angle back to the horizon level. No wonder oblique shots are only used to represent how a drunk person or someone who is about to faint might feel- they make you feel nauseous! Imagine sitting in a movie theatre and feeling like you're on a ship that got caught in a wild storm. No one wants that. However, there are times when cinematographers get assignments like that, in which case, nothing can compare to the power of nausea-causing canted angle. In short, oblique shots make the world go round (literally).


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